HydroLAKES lake · #9540
Lake Houston
Surface area
37,3km²
Avg depth
9,3m
Volume
347,6km³
Shoreline
71,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- HarrisTexas · United States37.25 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
418 distinct species · 9 935 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Lake Houston : 33 espèces reliées par 83 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
37,30km²
Avg depth
9,3m
Volume
347,600km³
Watershed
7 231km²
Shoreline
71,4km
Shore dev. idx
3,30
Residence time
51days
Elevation
15m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.